One distinct problem with the habit of moviegoing is that the moviegoer, although very grateful for good movie experiences in the past, wants desperately to check out more and more titles that are new to them. And, if, like me, you've seen an awful lot, there eventually gets to the point where you c...

Thompson, I've never heard of The American Drunkard so unfortunately cannot speak to your experiences there. If you happen to be a Rosalind Russell fan you might enjoy A MAJORITY OF ONE. Thank you Bronx. You see, some people are kind. I try to be kind. I got a mean looking Pitt bull dog, but he is ...

I'm hoping one of the TBA's for Eva Marie Saint is Garry Marshall's Nothing in Common (1986). All the promotional material featured Tom Hanks and Jackie Gleason, which is understandable I guess, but it had the unfortunate effect of minimizing the fact that Saint was there in a prominent role as wel...

For Thursday's (May 30th) viewing pleasure may I suggest the politically incorrect but entertaining A MAJORITY OF ONE with Roz Russell as a Jewish Brooklyn widow who forms a cautious relationship with Japanese widower and businessman Alec Guinness. To add insult to injury there is (if I'm rememberi...

We don't have a transcript, but from what has been posted on X (aka Twitter) he supposedly said that Barbra Streisand was a genius but that he didn't listen to her direction because women shouldn't be in positions of power. Which in itself is an odd statement because, while Barbara starred in and p...

Somehow, I wonder if these statements made weren't made because Dreyfuss is, by any standard, long since washed up in Hollywood. He hasn't had a major part in a praised film since 1995, the year when he got his second Oscar nomination. His attempt to do TV (The Education of Max Bickford in 2001) fai...

Speaking of the 1970s: consider the difference between Blow-Up (1966) and The Conversation (1974), which borrows liberally from the plot of Blow-Up , only with sound instead of photography. When Antonioni seems like the fun guy in the room, you know something is seriously out of whack. Swinging Lon...

Time for 1953. The next year up will be 1990. The Best: 1 Lili 2 So Big 3 Tokyo Story 4 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 5 Roman Holiday 6 The Band Wagon 7 Genevieve 8 Niagara 9 The President's Lady 10 The Moon is Blue 11 By the Light of the Silvery Moon 12 I Vittiloni 13 I Confess! 14 Small Town Girl 15 Th...

I hope Cancel My Reservation isn't one of them! Yes, that's the 1972 one she did with Bob Hope, I never saw it but heard it was a disaster. However she also worked with Hope on the 1956 film That Certain Feeling . In Leonard Maltin's movie guide he gave it a BOMB rating, another movie guide book (b...

I'VE HAD A STRESSFUL FEW DAYS AND I'M GOING THRU SOME s***, SO FORGIVE ME, IN ORDER TO PROCESS I AM POSTING A MURDER SHE REVIEW. IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, FEEL FREE TO SKIP. OK, so one good thing happened, which is I now have access to PEACOCK (la dee dah) which means I now have access to ALL 12 SEASON...

1967 starts now. Next up will be 1953. The Best: 1 Bonnie and Clyde 2 The Young Girls of Rochefort 3 Thoroughly Modern Millie 4 Far from the Madding Crowd 5 Our Mother's House 6 The Taming of the Shrew 7 Two for the Road 8 Camelot 9 In the Heat of the Night 10 How to Succeed in Business Without Real...

One difference I notice between Robert Osbourne and Ben M. is that Osbourne clearly loved the golden age of Hollywood and its stars, whereas Ben favors the 70s and beyond and doesn't seem quite as warm to eras before that point. Just an observation at any rate. Eddie, Jacqueline, and Alicia all seem...

Mother Night (1996) -- Based on a Kurt Vonnegut novel, this film tells a very dark tale. MOTHER NIGHT is my FAVORITE VONNEGUT NOVEL (I've read just about everything he wrote- with wildly varying opinions across the board)- but I recall just being BLOWN AWAY by MOTHER NIGHT and every time I am asked...

Two more films..... True Believer (1989) -- The idea of James Woods playing a lawyer with 60s radical leanings is quite ironic from today's standpoint, but regardless of what one thinks of him offscreen, his exceptional, committed performance, considerably better than the film around him, provides j...

Hibi wrote: ↑May 20th, 2024, 8:41 am

kingrat wrote: ↑May 17th, 2024, 7:02 pm Yes, Alma is back as a Spanish name, pronounced "Ahlma." The name from the past was "you can call me Al-ma."

What movie character was named Alma? I seem to remember one.

Don't forget Thelma Ritter in Pillow Talk! "You're my inspiration.... Alma!"